US President Donald Trump announced that the country is waiting for "the most ambitious reform of the immigration system over the past half-century." Together with Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Purdue, he presented a bill under the working title RAISE, that is, "Rise." According to the authors of the initiative, it should promote the influx of exceptionally qualified personnel into the country, increase the salaries of American workers and the growth of the national economy. This is told by Rossiyskaya Gazeta .
We are talking about legal migration. According to Trump, for decades, in the United States, there was a system for accepting low-skilled and low-wage labor. "Because of this approach, American workers, taxpayers and our resources have been under constant strain," the US president noted. "The bill will not allow migrants to live off benefits and protect American workers from being ousted from their positions."
A new approach presupposes a "system of merits" and careful selection of applicants for a residence permit. The reform will touch, in particular, the famous visa lottery "Green Card" (Green Card). As you know, its winners each year are 50 000 people who receive the status of permanent resident of the United States. "The procedure on a competitive basis will give preference to job seekers who are proficient in English, are able to provide financial support for themselves and their families and will demonstrate skills that allow them to contribute to our economy," Trump said.
Some statistics led co-author of the bill, David Purdue: every year, up to 1.1 million migrants come to America on a legal basis. And only one in fifteen foreigners possesses any professional skills sufficient for his employment. According to the senator, Americans should adopt the positive experience of Canada and Australia. His colleague Tom Cotton said that, given the current state of affairs, America misses the opportunity to invite "the most talented people with an entrepreneurial vein and innovative views" to the country.
US analysts have already calculated: if the bill is adopted, legal immigration to the United States in the coming decade could be halved.
According to the US State Department, following the results of 2016, the visa office issued more than 625,000 permits for immigrants from all over the world. At the same time, the East-Pacific region had 130,429 visas, 88,328 visas to South and Central Asia, 61,666 to the African continent, 45,830 to Europe and Eurasia, and 38,169 to the Middle East. Most of the immigrants came to the United States from Countries of the Western Hemisphere - 260 992 people.
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